Hospitals

The number of people recovered from COVID-19 has exceeded those with active infection by more than 48 lakh as the recovery rate surpassed 85 per cent today, the Union Health Ministry said. Nearly 57.50 lakh people have recovered so far, which is 6.32 times the active cases, it said, adding the sustained high levels of recoveries have widened the gap...

India reported a sharp drop in new COVID-19 cases recorded in the last 24 hours, with the Health Ministry data released on Tuesday morning showing 61,267 fresh cases of coronavirus. With this, the total Covid cases in India have crossed 66.85 lakh with total deaths at 1,03,569, including 884 in 24 hours. According to the Johns Hopkins University, which has...

More than 85,000 new Covid cases were reported across India in the past 24 hours, government data showed on Saturday, taking the total number of coronavirus cases in the country past the 59 lakh-mark. Over 1,000 deaths were also recorded in the past 24 hours, pushing the total number of deaths recorded since the pandemic began past 93,000. The...

India's recovery rate of COVID-19 cases has crossed the 80 per cent mark with over 90,000 recoveries recorded for the third consecutive day, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday. In a statement, the ministry said 93,356 patients were discharged in the last 24 hours. "India has crossed the significant landmark of more than 80 per cent national recovery rate. On...

U.S. hospitals have turned down about a third of their allocated supplies of the COVID-19 drug remdesivir since July as need for the costly antiviral wanes, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) confirmed on Friday. Some hospitals said they are still buying the Gilead Sciences medicine to build inventory in case the pandemic accelerates over the winter....

Kolkata, August, 2020: For the first time in Eastern India, ILS Hospitals have introduced a contactless health monitoring system called Dozeefor treating asymptomatic Covid-19 patients. This facility is being made available for such patients recovering at their home or the make shift quarantine facilities set up by ILS Hospitals at Hotel Sonnet in Kolkata. ILS Hospitals has utilized the...

Overcoming a rare life-threatening auto-immune disease, student secures 76% marks in class 10th exams Aster CMI Hospital’s crowdfunding initiative ensures that student gets a second chance to pursue her dreams of becoming a lecturer Bangalore, August, 2020: In a show of tremendous willpower and determination, 16-year-old Sushma, hailing from Bengaluru overcame a rare life-threatening auto-immune disease...

There is an immediate need to establish a sturdy, scalable, agile and healthcare infrastructure: DVS Somaraju, Executive Director, SLG Hospitals opinedon the topic of the post-Covid future of the healthcare ecosystem Forecasting the disease progression is essential for capacity planning, and PHC, UPHC and primary level private healthcare mechanism in districts should be scaled up to cater to the...

Having fulfilled the immediate target of delivering 30,000 ventilators to support India's fight against Covid-19, Skanray Technologies, the preferred partner selected by the Government of India, is all set to position India as an export hub for state-of-the-art ventilators. Skanray, in its resolve to strengthen the visionary 'Atmanirbhar Bharat' and 'Make in India' platforms and provide critical support...

Amid the current COVID-19 crisis, 60-year-old businessman Shailesh Kanani from Mumbai was successfully and safely operated after heart experts at the Asian Heart Institute performed a valve replacement surgery to fix his severely narrowed heart valve and treat the abnormal enlargement that had...